Films going into production:BARFLY (Cannon Films)....

Films going into production:

BARFLY (Cannon Films). Shooting in L.A. Mickey Rourke plays an author whose frequent drunken sprees unleash creativity, but his only desire is to make enough money to stay drunk. Executive producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Producers Barbet Schroeder, Tom Luddy and Fred Roos. Director Schroeder. Screenwriter Charles Bukowski. Stars Rourke and Faye Dunaway. Release date undetermined.

ILLEGALLY YOURS (DEG). Shooting in Florida. Rob Lowe, as a young juror, sets out to prove the innocence of a defendant whom he was infatuated with during his adolescence. Executive producers Gareth Wigan and Paula Weinstein. Producer/director Peter Bogdanovich. Screenwriters Michael Kaplan and John Levenstein. Summer release.

JAWS ’87 (Universal). Shooting in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., and the Bahamas. The cute, cuddly little man-eater is back in sequel No. 3, which this time focuses on Chief Brodie’s wife and sons. Producer/director Joseph Sargent. Screenwriter Michael de Guzman. Stars Michael Caine, Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Karen Young, Mitchell Anderson, Mario Van Peebles and Lynn Whitfield. Summer release.

STAKEOUT (Touchstone Pictures). Shooting in Vancouver. Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez play detectives who are ordered to stake out the home of a woman whose evil ex-boyfriend has escaped from prison. Producers Jim Kouf and Cathleen Summers. Director John Badham. Screenwriter Kouf. Also stars Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn. Distributor Buena Vista. Summer release.

UNTITLED COMEDY (Universal). Shooting in L.A. Martin Short and Annette O’Toole star in as-yet-unnamed contemporary romantic comedy about two people who experience joy, romance and despair on their “critical” third date. Executive producers Aaron Spelling and Alan Greisman. Producers Charles Okun and Michael Grillo. Director Armyan Bernstein. Screenwriters Bernstein and Gail Parent. Release date undetermined.